Early Retirement Extreme

— a combination of simple living, anticonsumerism, DIY ethics, self-reliance, and applied capitalism

Blog Action Day: Climate Change

Published in April 10th, 2013
Posted by in Strategy, Timely
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Blog Action Day is an annual event where very many bloggers discuss exactly the same thing in the hopes that someone will pay attention. Today 7500+ blogs will discuss climate change. Climate change is a science which is about as old as evolution. It has been known for over a century that atmospheric CO2 acts [...]

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Update 4 – Some woodworking projects

Published in December 30th, 2012
Posted by in Personal, Timely
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I build my projects right in the middle of our living room using hand tools. Since I use handtools instead of powertools, there’s hardly any dust, hence no need for a dedicated room or shop. I make the projects out of framing, that is, the infamous 2×4. When we moved in, I insisted that I [...]

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Update 3 – Interesting spreadsheet calculation

Published in August 20th, 2012
Posted by in Personal, Timely
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Current net worth: 48 years worth of expenses. Annual withdrawal rate: 2.1% Not much to report since the last update… we only had so many, that is one, car to sell, although I might lose my cell-phone virginity soon given that prices have come down to $36/year… all that’s needed to pay that is 25 [...]

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